Raised donuts

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       Title: Raised Donuts
  Categories: Breads
       Yield: 6 servings
  
       1 c  Sugar                                    Flour
       1 c  Milk, scalded                     1/2    Cake dry yeast
       2 tb Melted butter or butter                  OR 1/2  cake compressed
            -substitute                              -yeast
     1/2 ts Salt                              1/4 c  Lukewarm water
       2    Eggs, well beaten                 1/4 ts Nutmeg
  
   OR 1/4  tsp cinnamon
   
   Scald milk, at night, and add butter and salt.  Cool until lukewarm. Add
   yeast, softened in lukewarm water, and nutmeg or cinnamon. Cut in enough
   flour to make of soft roll dough consistency. Cover and let rise overnight.
   Next morning cut down, add sugar, eggs, and enough additional flour to form
   a soft roll dough. Cover and let rise until double in bulk. Turn onto
   lightly floured board, roll in sheet 1/3 inch thick, cut with lightly
   floured cutter.  Cook in deep, hot fat (365ø F).  Drain on crumpled,
   absorbent paper.  The doughnuts should rise to the top and begin to brown
   almost instantly.  48 doughnuts. Florence Taft Eaton, Concord, MA.
  
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